Alyssa Hanou

Serving @UKinUSA after gigs in #California & #Scotland. MA European Studies, @KingsCollegeLon. Traveller: 50 countries, 44 states.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

lettuce remains undefeated

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

Couldn't be more proud of @HumzaYousaf - a fine public servant, and my old office neighbour when I interned at @ScotParl!

[The SNP @theSNP]

👏 Congratulations to @HumzaYousaf on his historic nomination to become Scotland's new First Minister.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First Scots-Asian nominated as First Minister
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First Muslim leader of any western democracy
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First child descended from immigrants nominated as First Minister

[Nicola Sturgeon @NicolaSturgeon]

Just when I think I can't feel any prouder today...congrats @ShonaRobison

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

Minutes from my parents. Heartbreaking. 💔

[NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea]

#BREAKING: Firefighters are battling a two-alarm brush fire in the 4500 block of River Rock Hill Road in Pleasanton. https://t.co/ar5ssQAeUW

[Jennifer Wright @JenAshleyWright]

When they said “History repeats itself,” I wasn’t expecting all of the twentieth century in two years.

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

This was a speech -- particularly the close -- that will remind people why they elected Joe Biden

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

A unifying #SOTU. An hour of content we can all agree on. No cheap shots, but all positivity, pride, optimism, and ambition. I needed that, badly.

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

@Bouri_D Definitely DC! 😉

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

We're not crying, you're crying.

OK... we're crying too. 😢

#WinterOlympics | @ShaunWhite | @TeamUSA

[British Embassy Washington @UKinUSA]

Wordle 235 😐

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[ESPN @espn]

It's official.

The Washington Commanders.

(via @Commanders)

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

This thing has rapidly become the world’s exasperating good news/bad news story. If your head isn’t spinning, you’re not paying attention.

A 🧵on my take on both the good news & the bad, with an emphasis on the things that have changed in the past few days... or minutes.(1/25)

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

2/2 "…voters didn’t want politicians drawing districts to advantage political parties…and they've completely won in that regard. None of this reflects where politicians [or] political parties want these lines to be drawn” - @paulmitche11

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

A good read. "Voters will at least have confidence that partisanship did not play a central role." https://t.co/mCSitnHP91

[Michele F. Margolis @mfmargolis]

Students in my Intro to American Politics class could create a meme describing a theory, concept, or idea from the class for extra credit on the final exam. Here are a few that made me chuckle or smile. Attributions (or not) are based on students’ preferences. 1/n

[David Yankovich @DavidYankovich]

The level of negativity I am seeing and hearing from democrats on here is unnerving, but I get it- @POTUS’s message isn’t getting out.

Because I respect Carville so much I’ll start with the economy.

It’s the strongest of any 1st term president in 50 years.

Keep reading.

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

Congratulations @DevinMurphyDTM !

[Devin T. Murphy, Pinole Mayor Pro Tem @murphyforccc]

✨Tonight, I was sworn in as Mayor Pro Tempore for the City of Pinole. I am honored to make history tonight as the youngest, first Black, AND first LGBTQ+ Mayor Pro Tempore in our city’s over 100-year history. ✨

[Alyssa Hanou @AlyssaHanou]

@Bouri_D AMAZING!!! 78, overall distinction, and best dissertation?? I'm not surprised; I know how incredibly hard you worked for this and I'm SO proud of you! 🥰